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| The Canoe symbolizes Kino's lively hood. It was what his people depended on to provide for their families and to survive. It was also a family heirloom, and when Kino's was destroyed, he was devastated |
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| The pearl symbolizes hope,evil and greed. At the beginning of the book, it symbolizes of hope for a better future but that hope slowly turns into greed, Kino wants to keep it to gain money. But he is decieved,attacked and tracked down because of the pearl, and that is why it is evil also. |